PAGE STX THE MCBIGANN DAILY SUNDAY. MARCH C. 1959 PAGE mi TIlE MIChIGAN DAILY MTT1%TDAV MAIf!TT A 1O~ - --~, .~.a.r...aa WI k7lll'%i/ Ai.y 1T1 t1a1Vi1 VP 1.700 w, I M ichigan. NCAA Dominates 4-14' Cagers Bow to State Ice Tourney LUCIER BOWS OUT: Dunnigan Gets Hat Trick As Pucksters Beat Tech Second-Half Rally Gives Spartans Easy Victory THE FABLED BROADMOOR HOTEL, HOST TO THE NCAA HOCKEY TOURNEY JAMMED BROADMOOR ICE PALACE AWAITS OPENING OF leers Return to Broadmoor For Eighth Straight Season Will it ever end? This is the question always prevalent in the minds of the nation's college hockey fans, as year after year Michigan's Wolverines come charging back into the NCAA ice tourney at Colorado Springs. It is an honor that can come to only four of the sixty-some college hockey teams each year. Yet March 10th Michigan will go back to the Broadmoor for the eighth time in a row, a record unparal- leled in NCAA history. The Skin of Their Teeth Every year, Michigan gets in by the skin of its teeth. It takes a first or second place finish in the Western Intercollegiate Hockey League to earn the berth at the Broadmoor, and for the last several years, the Wolverines of Vic Heyliger have wafted until the final weeks of the season to make their bid. In a traditional heart-stop- ping stretch drive - they always make it. Certainly Michigan has had its share of good luck in making the tourney so many times, but once they get out there, this luck doesn't end. On four of their last seven trips to the National Championships, the Heyliger men have managed to carry off top honors. On the other three trips, they finished a solid third. The tourney pits the two top teams in the East against the best the West can offer, and it makes >fno difference to Michigan who the opposition is. In 1948, the year the tourney was started, the Wolverines smashed two eastern teams, Boston College and Dart- mouth, to gain the crown. Big Streak Begins After a two-year drought, which F :,:: found Michigan losing to Dart- "" mouth and Boston University, the NCAA ICE CHAMPIONSHIPS Wolverines began the greatest vie tory streak in the history of the tourney. In 1951, they shelled Boston University and Brown to gain the national crown. DA LY sThe big guns of Michigan con- tinued to roar the following year, as the Heyliger forces captured H Tthe 1952 title by skating over St.' Lawrence and Colorado College. They didn't stop at that, for in A ET U RE 1953 the Wolverines marched to an unprecedented third straight national championship, as they smashed Boston University and Story by Minnesota. PHIL DOUGLIS Last season the string was snapped at three straight by an inspired Rensselaer squad that knocked off Michigan and Minne- Photos Courtesy of sota on successive nights to take NCAA Tourney the crown. Another Crown? Heyliger's charges will attempt to get back into the winners circle again this season, as it shoots for its fifth national crown. The oppo- sition will be plenty tough. At this writing, the Eastern teams still in contention were Harvard, Clarkson,,and St. Law- rence, and all three teams have shown that they have dangerous potential. However, the real thorn in Mi- chigan's side should be the WIHL champions, Colorado College. As- ,r: ..'suming that both the western out- fits would win their opening games, a rematch of last year's Christmas time set-to is in order. The Tigers bumped Michigan twice in their last encounter, but this time Bob Schiller is back in action, and Mike Buchanan will also be meeting the Coloradomen for the first time. These tremen- dous additions to the Wolverine defense may be enough to spill the Tigers from their pedestal, and bring the NCAA crown back to Ann Arbor once again. Fun For All Hockey is not the only facet of the big Broadmoor extravagan- za. - The whole city of Colorado Springs becomes hockey conscious at tourney time. The tournament, staged every year at the tiny JOHN MATCHEFTS GETS MVP Broadmoor ice palace, is a con- AWARD IN 1953 glomeration of pageantry, sight- seeing, and pulchritude. Beauti- ful Queens crown the contending teams as they arrive at the Springs, with huge ten - gallon hats. Sightseeing trips are on the agenda, including excursions to Pikes Peak, the Will Rogers Shrine and nearby Garden of the Gods. Dances and receptions are also on the busy schedule, and the famed resort hotel offers all of its facilities to the visitors. Reconverted Polo Palace The Ice Palace itself is a re- converted Polo Palace, adorned with stuffed animal heads. Though limited in seating capacity, it serves as home of the National Championships every year through Dick Dunnigan's three goals sparked a five-man scoring attack last night as Michigan's playoff- bound hockey squad toppled Mich- igan Tech for the second even- ing in a row by an 8-4 margin at the Coliseum. Reserve goalie Bill Lucier of the Wolverines had a busy night in his first starting assignment of the season as he turned away a total of 38 shots to aid his team' in its eighth consecutive victory this year. A capacity crowd representing partisans of both schools saw Michigan take advantage of some early Tech penalties to forge into a quick 3-0 lead which was never lost during the game. Tommy Rendall joined Dunni- gan in getting more than one goal for the Wolverines as he slashed two shots past Huskie goalie Bob McManus. Captain Bill MacFarland, Neil Buchanan, and brother Mike Buchanan each con- tributed single scores to the win- ning total. Two Tech goals were registered by Ron Stenlund, while Jean Barbe and Jack McCanus garnered the others. Rendall opened the scoring at 2:37 of the initial period with a' ten-foot drive which slid between goalie McManus' legs. Within the next six minutes Dunnigan was two-thirds of the way towards his first hat trick of the season as he twice out-maneuvered McManus. A Stenlund goal at 10:35 made the first period score 3-1. Dunnigan gained his third goal earlier when he drove in from the left and banged home a pass from Rendall at 12:43. After a Tech rally had moved the Huskies to within two points of Michigan early in the final period, Rendall broke the spurt at 4:22 when he grabbed a misguided Tech By DICK CRAMER pass and led the opposition defense down the ice to cash in on Michi- gan's seventh goal. MacFarland closed the scoring with less than two minutes re- maining in the game as he took a Jerry Karpinka pass around the hard-pressed Tech goaltender. At one point in the contest, with a two man disadvantage, the Wol- verines practiced stalling tactics which successfully ate up the pen- alty time. This, along with some fancy passing plays, .gave the fans a hint of what Michigan is plan- ning to use in next week's appear- ance in the NCAA playogs at Col- orado Springs. Hockey Stats FIRST PERIOD: Goals - 1 - Michi- gan - Rendall (unassisted) 2:37; 2 - Michigan - Dunnigan (MacFarland, Karpinka) 3:24; 3-Michigan - Dun- nigan (Rendall) 8:40; 4 - Michigan Tech - Stenlund (unassisted) 10:35. Penalties: Michigan Tech - Barbe (cross-checking) 2:05; J. McManus (tripping) 6:57; Barbe (tripping) 7:50; J. McManus (misconduct) 7:50; Holden (slashing) 16:31. Michigan: Hanna (holding) 6:02; MacFarland (illegal check) 6:31;HMacFarland (illegal check) 9:03; Hanna (hold- ing) 10:07; Goold (slashing) 15:30. SECOND PERIOD: Goals - 5 - Michi- gan - M. Buchanan (N. Buchanan, Karpinka) 10:27; 6 - Michigan-Dun- nigan (MacFarland, Rendall) 12:43; 7 - Michigan Tech - Stenlund (Hol- den, Wylie) 13:54; 8 - Michigan - N. * Buchanan (Goold) 16:42; 9 - Mich- igan Tech - J. McManus (Wylie, Stenlund) 19:10. Penalties: Michi- gan - N. Buchanan (high-sticking) 14:31. THIRD PERIOD: Goals - 10 - Mich- igan Tech - Barbe (Tattersals) 3:34; 11 - Michigan - Rendall (unassist- ed) 4:22; 12 - Michigan - MacFar- land (Goold, Karpinka) 18:40. Pen- alties: Michigan Tech - Barbe (ille- gal check) 15:22; Michigan - Lucier (roughing) 18:17 (penalty served by Dunnigan). By ALAN EISENBERG A relentless and ceaseless second half drive by Michigan State en- abled the Spartans to trounce Michigan, 83-68, before a near ca- pacity crowd at Yost Field House yesterday afternoon. The victory gave the visiting cagers a final Big Ten record of eight wins in 14 games and sole possession of fourth place in the scrambled Western Conference, race. TV Jinx Countless millions, of television viewers saw the Wolverines go down to their third successive vid- eo defeat and their fifth straight setback. Michigan, possessor of an unimpressive record of four wins in 13 conference tries, slips into a four-way tie -for seventh place. The loss to MSO dropped the Maize and Blue below the .5001 mark for the first time this sea- son. Michigan has now won 10 of 21 contests. Yesterday's game was similar to many that the Wolverines have played, in this waning campaign. Michigan started off well, jumped to an early lead, was overtaken in the second half, and faded badly. Spartans Ignited With the Wolverines leading, 56- 48, and almost five minutes gone in the second half, the Spartans began to move. Reserve forward, Jim F~arris, hit on a lay-up, Pat Wilson connected on two free throws, and lanky Julius McCoy scored on a fast break. Don Eaddy slowed up the Spartan advance with a jump shot to give the Wolverines a 58-54 lead with 13:31 remaining. Michigan State refused to be held down. Bob Armstrong hit on a foul and McCoy flipped five points through the net to give the Spartans a two point advantage. The two squads exchanged a few baskets, and then the winners be- gan to draw still further away. Bob Devenny hit for five points to lead a Spartan splurge and Totals MICHIGAN STATE G F P T Ferrari, f.......... 5 5 4 15 McCoy, f ....... 7 1 4 15 Harris, f ......2 0 1 4 Peterson, ac........ 6 3 3 15 Armstrong, c ..... 2 2 3 6 Devenny, g ........ 5 9 1 19 Wilson, g......... 0 9 4 9 Lux, g..0 0 0 0 Totals..............27 29 20 83 MICHIGAN G F P T Groffsky, T....4 5 4 13 Stern, f .......... 2 0 5 4 Lingle, f .......... 0 1 1 1 Kramer, e ....... 8 4 4 20 Williams, c ........ 0 0 1 0 Eaddy, g ........ 6 3 1 15 Jorgenson, g ...... 5 5 5 .15 Shearon, g.........0 0 3 0 Totals...........25 18 24 68 boost the lead to 81-66 with less than two minutes to play. . Neither team could dominate in the first half. The score was tied nine times and the lead changed hands on 11 occasions. An outbreak of points by the Wol- verines in the fading moments of the half gave them a 46-40 lead when the buzzer sounded. 'M' Starts Off Well Michigan continued along in fine style in the first few moments after the intermission. A tip-in by Kramer with 2:20 gone gave the hosts an eight point advantage-- the biggest they enjoyed all day. Soon after, though, the Spartans began to apply the pressure. Kramer was high scorer with 20 points on eight field goals and four fouls. Tom Jorgenson and Eaddy racked up 15 tallies and Captain Paul Groffsky garnered 13 markers. Devenny, with nine free throws and - five field goals led the MSC attack. Al Ferrari, McCoy, and Peterson all flipped 15 points through the nets. The winners were extremely ac- curate from the field. MSC hit on 27 of 61 floor attempts, an excel- lent 44 per cent. They were par- ticularly sharp in the first 20 minutes of play when they con- nected on 52 per cent of their field goal tries. Michigan could not come close to this performance. The losers were successful on 32 per cent of their floor attempts. Eaddy and Jorgenson had the best individual percentages, both hitting close to half of their floor shots. Iowa Snares League Title; Gophers Lose MINNEAPOLIS (AP)-Wisconsin's fiery Dick Miller blasted Minneso- ta's remaining Big Ten title hopes into oblivion Saturday night lead- ing a 78-72 Badger victory that gave Iowa the undisputed confer- ence championship and an NCAA tournament berth. The battling Badgers, 14-point underdogs, opened up a nine point lead midway through the second half and shielded it against a Go- pher rally when Miller hit eight straight points late in the game. Wisconsin captured the lead for good in the opening seconds of the second half when Miller drilled in a jump shot from 15 feet out for a 32-30 advantage. 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